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■■ l• iTRAIJE^JCOIJN(^ I ft^3 PAID SECRETARIES AND HONORARY X :]\;'. ;:': .■■' 'A- latter ..from the Labour Representation ■-■ ■. / Committee was read'at last; night's.meeting ;■:; of the AVellingtonTrades-andLabbur Council.' [ -,.'; It stated': that; the. .committee p.ropfised;;taV:. j. .contest': .elections.'in .'the ■in-v : - tercsts of'labour; : and"asked that : six;,ropr&-;;.' sen,tativos.'.'of\4ha'c6uheU''bo''app^ini^^ r acJ;V(..:'. on the.. c6hlmittee.' : .. An appeal 'for ''funds': waf .:.. also .made." ■.-i'siv..-.V-';j'v:'.. ■■;>:." ■•■''■". '.-•-./ -ffji.'i':l':& ;: •;■-Ih^.the 'report':of"thojinana^ient:c6im : [ mittee, tho-.foUpinng^'-^6mmendai;ipn.'-''.Tray/';.,; ,: ' submitted:—^{yl^^l'''"-.','.' 3 ''.''■"'•—:;.-v;:v •'■■'■: ■■■■■- :•'■■ : VTho-. committee .that?: the . ./;"/•. 'council elect-six delegates'.to represent'.::" ■;, ;' it ion; the;. Labour '..Representation ,com- :.;..':. ; ;' niitteb.;';- :-. : :i-:-U^y/.< :: :-.-,.j- ■;;•,;;. ;..-;v -;:;..;;;;■ ;',';■;;'• ''OurEnprts ;.; Mr. :M. J. Reardon moved thafcthi.s'pbrtipn;.'-.; of'tho report", be: struck: out. v ."I ;have come' ..- :> to the conclusion,''he 7 said; "that 'our .efforts i : ; -■. in connection 'with .labour .representation,are V farcical;in; the.:-extreniey-(crieß.'of.:.f'Rats,.V-'0:. and laughterj—anci,.: until;,such;V time' as,vwe .;>;,: : can get .men .hero 'who. realise' their ;respp»-; : ;v: ; sibilities, and :.wh'o..uhderstand what: is;meant:.;Y' by being -loyal : - to our, efforts in the. direction- of .'independent'; Vjj labour' valueless.'';;:During'the!-lasticoii-'.;,: test/'Mr..Reardon continued, there .had-ap.;:;";'::: peared'. about; nine: advertisements ■ daily, '• caU'vi - ling attention, to meetings'of thpthreeilabour,: : candidates.; 'At;-.the. foot .-of those 'advertiser.:. .'•. m'euts appeared'the.jiameiof. I'D.- J. -.Cbnchie,....;■;secretary •L3•C■.'^^ l ■'':(A•■./'vMcflV';'/'.ToorV•^bld",■i ; ; of ".the Selection,'-;:;-when! the; service's 7 of .every ■: supporter', were;':; wanted^.where was,,Mr;_C6nchie?" ('-'flelpiiig > Hislopl'^t-Hewashelping: the Liberal '.party, V : whom. anxious, to drive outibf'power. .-.: (A niember:;"Persorial : the V L:R.C::was; : called ''into: existence'-, some'.':'; time^'.ag^,;;c6utinued':Mr..V : Reardon,'- :cenain.i'|i: delegates .were sent;to, representthe'yafipusi-:-:: unions. : v. At. tlie. last Selection, twoVmembers.-;?. .of,this,_ committee, had ;-nomiiiated.;a';man'-'in : ,s; : opposition:-to Hhe'.'ac.c'redite'd -representative;-;; '.of. the,:trades uiuoris^andiit fr6m!certaih:remarks;ivhich-had. slipped.ac. a. j .!J\ ' meeting;* jthat "theyyhad. soV little-,;' senspjof: proportion, i ahjfjthat :tliey: wore kd *Y limited in their;intelligence^'-that.-.they>,cbuld'■;.''-•• not J see. that: their action "was as-:base>as .tbW; j; ; kiss: of Judas." Iscariot.'G'CA-.-Toic6:--i^Greaf- ; v.: Scoti;');:,;^-;:-::^ .'-■:'; 'v' 1 Mr.,,R;: J.'pbwdal!; j;; pro : forma.He: remarked-;.that 'pnly.;ce'rtaiil.- '■"• c'onstituphciesYh'ad ■:had reprKentavi;i lives,'ahtl, in electorates.for'which-npilabour •.-', candidates?were delegate -was;-"'ab'l;. !',¥ sblntely;within vhisCrights: in.ifexerc'isingchis'.;-.. vote\ in; the; : w.ay.;;ho;\ ; thought'l.b est; charge', of fdislo^alt^^ 'b.uiho'se'whb-iwere at'th'e' ! head-:ol. affairs.',: If ' ; |;. ; .' those:Hvhp^■heldl ; the..;:,' council;-and' .others' who "went -forward, as'■'jthe'yU; .representatives of.Labour, ;were ~"v could 'they;:expectjthe.-rankvah'd.-hlp'.itp. be"w joyil.?,;,'lt'.was a::well-kiiiVw';.fact'J.that,-:the ivp faction of,tlifflrjlabour;caivdida'te, : l)et'wre& firstand .'second ballots, .'had -been - ; ahythin'gA?; but,:;commendable—-('.' > Questibnl")r--arid; they :S; had-'yot?to'see;i:when liovtbokiliis;' places in;;'.;; -whether: Hvpuldscarry out -the, pledges -he'had -taken'it': upon'-'.hiniself.- iT&e 'firsthand;:principal.'•'rjilei./iS pf ': ; 'tlio^Trades';and ; ' Labour; Council;; he ; io ;bb' ;! tbat'ithey' shouldj.'prbtepfcniefflbers i'bf • i-; the union'sTagamst.the■ '"And.-'protect' -the' members' ;-you; '.pat : ;.:intp ~p) was.- a' regrettable':facfc ::..- lhat v ;whehVahyfhing.;tebk':^-place :Vin''a ; 'tfadea'';'; .uhipnVconcerning vtho; : 'emp!oyersy.-th'e-:iiieii';: : ;* pn'makihg- their representations,'.'' found -that V'; they had;Jcen' ; forestalled;._; Their paid;agent3-v': were not 'true '/to -the calling -they ; professed; . and until;they..could,enforce' upon the-paid ;. secr'etaries'bf anions-—- j : :'., : - .;■':;,;.;V rVY >" A;;membbf r/inierruptecft that : 'the;,; speaker;.;,; ha'd ; -npt .confined; ]iis, : femarks> to the ; motion,:;-: but; was,; merely ,'deliYering ■•* { diatribe; against % paid .seoretariesV:;VY'Y,::,v>:';V.: ; :Yri— '■s":i' : --'-:~-''i ■,;>The,'chairman'' (llr.' ':W..::C.-; Npot,-Y-vice".;-:': ~president),.: r emarlted-.that, howeyerC-regretr-.l: table ;itVmjghtj.be.-;that, such.-, refereneeiiwerb •':': ;beingVmadeHat'-;;the:.'couhcil,;,he ■'.tfi'oy ■.\rere'. i : thirigiuppJThe- ihbver'.of, wie amendment had' ft made c.ertaiii- statements,about.; *. .of:;tho^L;R.O.'i ; i.and ; ' now<;'the;lseconder ; ,was' ;i quite, >withiii'.;his ; 'rights.'iiu'cpntinuing ' 'the '•';; ;disc ; ussion:f;; ; The'chainriah-''addedW/Bowrtv; ;eyer}'much--r regret, it 'going-, on; ll.jhaye.M/:;'- • 'hope:bf¥stppping itvv; : ;'.-:':|i ;" '■■ ■;(;:; '■ :^{'': : ''■:& ;,;::'3lrV,.l)bwdaliAhen,.\;bntihued :that;:he'.had,.;v. ;no.;^w.ishvto be..pbr"sp'nal,;'ahd;heyhpjpedjevefy'v.;; : delegate •rememberVthat'cthejV:were, hofcV: acting';as. individuals,;but; as,..the. representa?'-;;; tives: bf:,b'odies, which: had sent'. thorn to 'the )';; .cbuncilr- i (Voices.:>ifSrhat'3''right.'A;Yn: : they:;'" ; 1 power! by. which :te'cpjn^l:;their]^ . :actibris''an'd'ke i .(A.p^ld.'use'o'^--%:'"i- : :.'.. ; i'i-^'-"'\^

.';'/,;;///'/;'A^ v/Mr.';E.;'L;/ JoaesVi^OTl«d r pii-'tho<'eliargcy:'^; i f of .'disloyalty.: //''Unfortunatelyi'j-tovfiaiiJyv'-'l''/iV-j' '• am';" tfbt '■: a; rjaid (A; member": ; /Nof. : j.VU yoiir /fault,-; Jones.') -/I' afrua.s^aiinch/ufiibnV;/-'.'; ■ ist;;';':(*You. "werV/bn/electiou'/day:');/ ; And/r/;Vj am ;noWj. too*/il" was; : engaged; in.-.espousing \&:J jtis.yiYorship.to only j regret Mat' :he/ did i.not 'get in;« If .there;/.;;'/ was'.any. disloyalty'.attached -.'to Itßdt.".l.t'ani-:-|;i:-;;:■: 'prepared Jones i\vent;.on - to say;that,' had-there;been a: ;>'•■; 'L T abq'ur : cftiicliijate;in ; the field for'the/Central;/;/ Ward;, lie vwoutd'haye fought ; f or/'liim'- as ;hard/;n" \ ../.- \^r;\.};-:XY~^~<r : i : £&-*-&\ '■■"AMdelegated dirty/linen';;'-this.-is thd Jaundry : !;i/\;/'/"''':/ ; /Mr;/' Jpnos';said;;tliat /he .sunder'stopl; iha'ti;".!;/ at the;'-last' 5 meeting •the' cHairniaa ; had_ .'deter;.;);{,; ';.allb\v;'any Vdelegato; to'-Indulge n ; ;-. invpeisdhaiitios.i'and he /regretted':that';;Mr;";/ ■' Iteardpn /liad ■;■ been,; given;, tliat • liberty. ?> (A f. ■;£ delegate fi'lCari - t' [ s top ■: him .'')'. :■■ v : "/r/ : /; v,;:; -/J;,// . /Mr//purclias suggested that by-.'way'/ of;&v ■ analogy' they should put'. Mr/ Heardoii 'down //yj" to oomrD.enob .'with; ■ (Laughter:) Simply..' foj.'fS/.. cause a/man vshosevto /go' pheJbetter himself,' hecalled..,him' a;;traitor;/;He coii- ■;';;;; tended- that if Mr.; Hear'dpri and'some ,'pf -the ' '■■ /.; ..rest wore out, things would gb~ iilpns better^;-;;: They - were .'damning ■ tliev cause ".-"to- "someTcx- ':'.\ ;;" /;. 'tent,-,he;.said.; When'.they wereacaHing^theyVCi.-'-. i..did not.'go;far enough,';•or; they :would ;npt.';;;;''■. 'go ; far : enough,-and/there were men;'in'their.;!;'.> : l.'bwiV' unions,>not;so .laokadaisicil/;who;fweras ; ;;/ I prepared/to-go further;-J;/' ;/..;,;:;/;,,./:////'^S ■ ;//.';>'■■'.'The; Council" i"/;•:.'. ■/'/'/// ;Miv E. J.-Carey pdrters : \ycro'having a-.gala'.nighVbcbajiscl.of;.'';'.'; tho remarks ;of his friends ;at i; ;' -An objectionT.wa.Ss'raised -by-Mr. -Jones:. He-; '■■* ■_■; said,;:' 'Mr'.' ■'■' Carey' .'has -rla ; right 'to refer ;tp./:'.;: : 'his friends'-at the;took/ ,; ;-We. can't sit-V..;' at ; the front'*!., (Laughter.)..; /Mr." a.further opinion.that,..;.•. .tjip'-' Friday ■:- citculatiou! ,v6f: thi9.-...tTro. • .riioriiing. ■: ?v.:;'. papers' /'must/have; increased*.: since tho press/.had'been admitted; council-'meetings',v;and .the/council; had:.beeii;;;t;/; ridiculed'"all through tKe;pomirubh.;/He;-TOS>«// speaking against-Mr. -Hoardbii's/motion.'i.and;,;;'.;, it:' surprised, : him;that -.:':; have moved;in such a direction.:';. i.He;--vptildV:';...'-' ask Comrade,Dowdall to cbme:down : .frbm'the.;/-.': clouds. ",'. The suggestion '.was/Wat;t'h'ey^shohld:^\'.,: : ; tako;part'',iri7munici^al : :politicsj and, if ..Mr;;;;;.'; Dowdall, : anything ; pf-: a /Socialist,: ;he vft,;; would surely;recognise that the ; way was through; the -municipal ;"cb iincil' r and;;;.;-'. Ideal bodies,/and"not, through-;Barliament,'/;;;'; which:hb.was"'always so ready,,tb/decry/ t .They /';.;' should not hedd it,if- some'■ men proved;dis- ):, '.';.' loyal to c 'the 'xau'se;;/': Tlieso men /were';, often ;V;/' driven'.to disloyalty.becauseof.the attacks of,-./ others: who-were 4 "ready to'. step, 'into : shoes: the!mement. t they/lost.;th(!ir' jobs.;' He*.,/..' urged the council' to .agree; to/.tho' : recornr.^;,-. . : mondation thai'.delegates be ap'poihtcd'.tb.'tliir-.-;y- ■'■'■ Labour 1 Representation Committee'.-'' '.V;-.. >/','.:./ ;; The next, delegate who' rose'; 'was Mr. ;D:J/;;'.'< Conchio, and the chairman'asked;if he i-islied-;;/:' to support/the.niriehdment v ';Mr;'.Goucl!ib' : "re//; : - pliedi-itt the negative;; and iho; chairman said, :■/.;.,; "youfcanltilp it'. ,' TwO:hiye/alreai^. T against'it.?';;/ ;r/ .'''' : -■-;.//] ■■s : //:y;f^',/ : '?//i/>^'/// Mr; Cpiichie: "jWell/J. will^sp"eakvfor £ it^/''' : (Laughter.!; ":;■';/■;--i.v;r : '•;;;;■.;-■*o;; ; .;/i'/;i-, :^;: ,;/.:

SSSr^rSjdid^otassemble to be-the laughing:stock'bf -he" would like .to' sea the 3Ja^!i^:^^dibg^dw3;obsOTTOd!.>« ; !■■."{••! -^=;->2iWs ; Mr;iConohie-saidthat-'he::was'in'rather a P^SS:aß^'^VP o^'on - 'ft; 'He ': i official,!not;a:paid secretary; ft (Mi\ Tteardoii: ftM% : ®''Not<for:want 'of-trying."); : Hb'hadfybt'to been;disloyal-to tho,cause £$&? trades union^movement.liko the ;?V-'fSA;pao?er[M /the-: who- had-practic-I'iSrKft^allyyiieyer : belorigbd ;:£ftiyj:ft4he';camb.t6;JWellMgt6n;and'whohadlived on ;$* game'since'he camoyhbreft,Hbhad, been ft'a;:paid :offibiaT eyer:' since; became, to 'Welling-!R-*f-Ha.;: Jtbn;ftl)uring•;the election: he ;had: done a cer-? ft^ftjft^teih::amount:of .wbrk.ibr'the other Candidates HSf:ft ;; '-^v we ll' : as l ■■■/ v'ffr ;•;■" : i-&'&:- delegate a ''point: or •■ order,' but v^ftftftMrftCbheme;::was contentioii .had'madoiaocusatiouE had.the rightiOf reply;; .' all; /wni iborie."'; . f ftiSS/Jft-Tto speaker;;werit7on^ia ; 'say that.oh : the \£S;& ; tho?"eleci(ibnvhe/was ;ih one ■ of- the boqthsft.but:; Mr.". S'iftififtMPSP^uQus;^ S%;S; %-■■ had I ,b«n: conspicuous >by>-His 'absence' .at 'the \j£i% lV~-'i meetings' of: the Labour ■Eep'rcßehtation?Conift- v<lftvmittebftHe' (Mr.'Cbnbhie) had lost : his day's iftft]ft-wages.;that'dajrj'bufeMri/Reardon had ; not ft:ft;-ft J kst his;:' • Some: ;bf .these; paid^secretaries, : :::jK:£';;:.lad;Bbtr:eveh tho;.ob SjS'B ftnicatioiis sent."'to 'ii-i ft Jft ? J'.^' B^'' '.') failed-to show- courtesy to other -".'calling' 'thaii tredestals' ftift; and ..these - ! ihen : " found •: themftft;>ffi selves in quite aj'diffeTeht position—(A voice: fivftft ':'," E* ■}!?* mud.") Vlt ■ was < the'.honbrary.mah ?yf^!W>!*Q :; dM:theiwork"iii the councU/he/kept the j|;H;#:'.council "togethefjKahd/iitiwa'Bi "the 'hqnor'ary ;ft.;ftftv™W^^:! w^g°in g;' secretaries, ft (Laughter.) : - -A ifM? Kad^spoken bf ;tne; increased circulaSftftft'tioiivbf:the been talk Kyftftxft o ?- ridicule,' but>he': would-ask::" Has there ffis-3 ; :-^: :1^^n y t W n g y stafedln;'th ■•vS-^'fi-'no^-'a'fact?.-r'Havb'there.beeri any false' stately;; .{ft intents ?'ik (Voices:;: rr He, challenged W: ':K^s??yj ,od y prove ?that:.statementß; had been were'nbtitrubift'ft 1 : '•'•■J'rise:;tb ; ;a*poirit: ; bf; !i: order! \ ft~ft ft {??# chairman.: ."lAbput'Mme sffe ft has Ahis:;t6,;:db::>with-: the -recommendation: of I"(;'rS:' ; Committee ! .that: we: should *;:;^ : V'-' ;v;;'Mr. : ;Cbnchie 'u'nder:fiL;S¥'.>'.stan'd jwhy -; delegates i were Jconstantly ; jump-.]K^;-:S »g;flP.:Abipoints*ef/prder.W said' ;h^.wasinbt'guilty! '•".'•'. ■. : j'. ! M& 'S: fiMr.^Reardon■.•'•'-IJ'obl.'to >Un away from'ybui :Kfci:*K-:'^ r :;9??°^ ie: : Better,.ipen:have hungTthem-;il-Si-J-'.' Belvbai':.before'l;,' The'lspeaker 'added: ihat, 'in 1 ?! 0 , 11 )'':K -wasSquife: wrong ; for. a:man i-S*^;, I °^^::K eS ™on , s;-position?:to:.take up?the S?fw<a:attitudfl:he had: r adoptcd ; HHat::e l reningf ■ He W?«3?:-i™ r ''Co ll <* i ?).■yasjdoitig-mo're-fbr:the causb ::&;W.Vi^J«an;Mr.;;Eeardbn^who^waß ; :paJd:£3cawebk ii-f'sf^*9 T - '•' : 7;' : H?rv- ''•;' N^:s:c-: : carriedv'^' y " ■'■ ■••:='.'■'■■" '* Sft: ; fS«Subse'qubntly,'i the fpllowihg :^y:S r ?S:;¥: -!-> ;^ a i!»??:-««P,resentatioii : .; Gominittee SSSSW'A'-^arhuie,:E..J^Olivbr," L • ;:v!^:«■■:^nes ) .;H.::Eeynblds;::and: l E.vl> a^ l^n:. , -:,;. •-:,;.